ΣΚΗΝΑΙ, σκηναι
SKĒNAI, skēnai
Sounds Like: skay-NAI
Translations: tents, tabernacles, dwellings, booths
From the root: ΣΚΗΝΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to temporary dwellings or shelters, such as tents or booths. It can also refer to the tabernacle, a portable sanctuary used by the Israelites. In a broader sense, it can mean any dwelling place or habitation. It is used in the plural form here.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4633 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 33:17
- Numbers — 24:5, 24:6
- Judges — 6:5
- 2 Kings — 7:10
- Judith — 7:18
- Odes — 6:7
- Proverbs — 14:11
- Isaiah — 33:20
- Habakkuk — 3:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΚΗΝΗ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΗΝΗ — tent, a tent, tabernacle, a tabernacle, dwelling, a dwelling, booth, a booth
- ΣΚΗΝΑΙΣ — in tents, in tabernacles, in dwellings, in booths
- ΣΚΗΝΑΣ — tents, tabernacles, dwellings, booths
- ΣΚΗΝΕΙ — tent, a tent, tabernacle, a tabernacle, dwelling, a dwelling, booth, a booth
- ΣΚΗΝΗ — tent, a tent, tabernacle, a tabernacle, dwelling, a dwelling, booth, a booth
- ΣΚΗΝΗΝ — tent, a tent, tabernacle, a tabernacle, dwelling, a dwelling
- ΣΚΗΝΗΣ — of a tent, of a tabernacle, of a dwelling, of a booth
- ΣΚΗΝΙ — of a tent, of a tabernacle, of a dwelling, of a booth
- ΣΚΗΝΙΔΑ — a tent, a tabernacle, a booth
- ΣΚΗΝΟΥΣ — (of) a tent, (of) the tent, (of) a tabernacle, (of) the tabernacle, (of) a dwelling, (of) the dwelling
- ΣΚΗΝΩΝ — of tents, of tabernacles, of dwellings
- ΣΚΗΝ‾Η‾ — tent, a tent, tabernacle, a tabernacle, dwelling, a dwelling
- ΣΚΗΝ‾Ω‾ — of tents, of tabernacles, of dwellings
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